Manually Install August Firmware Update-Win 8.1

*UPDATE* See my reply below for the exact steps I used to install the August firmware/driver update on my Surface Pro running Win 8.1 RTM.

Hi Folks,

When Microsoft released the August firmware update they made it only available for Windows 8, and not 8.1.

Last August I installed the latest drivers and firmware from windows update (when running Windows 8).

I recently did a clean install of Win 8.1 RTM on my Surface Pro. After installing 8.1 RTM, windows update installed another firmware update (this one dated 6-2013), so I believe it actually installed an older version of the firmware on my Surface Pro - overwriting the August firmware.

Does anyone know if it's possible to manually install the August driver updates and firmware on Win 8.1?

Look at this link for instructions on manually installing drivers and firmware:

I just attempted to manually install the August driver/firmware pack on top of my clean Win 8.1 RTM installation and it seems to work well. My issue was that after installing Win 8.1 RTM windows update downloaded an older Firmware and Driver package. This is because the August firmware and driver package was never officially released for Win 8.1.

At this point I can report that my Surface Pro is behaving much much better with Win 8.1 RTM. I would highly recommend performing these steps if you took the plunge like I did and installed Win 8.1 RTM.

Hopefully MS will release an official updated driver/firmware pack for windows 8.1 that can be installed via Windows Update.